Spacer for wings or panels of display-fixtures.



SPACER FOR WINGS 0R PANELS 0F DlSPLAYFl X TURES;

- APPLICATION. FILED MAY 13. I916.

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H. V. LOUGH. SPACER FOR wmqs 0R PANELS 0F DISPLAY nxrunas.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 13, I915.

Patented Dec. 25, 1917.

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HECTOR v. LOUGH, or NORTH' PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO GOLDBERGDISPLAY FIXTURES, or NEW YORK, N. Y., A ooEroRATIoN on NEW YORK.

SPACER FOR WINGS or. PANELS or DISPLAY-FIXTURES.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec. 25, 1917:

Application filed Mavis, 191s. Serial memes.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Hnc'ron V. LOUGH, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, and resident of North. Plainfield, county of Somerset, andState of New Jersey, have in vented certain new and useful Improvementsin Spacers for Wings or Panels of Display Fixtures, of which thefollowing is a specification. i

In display fixtures in which a Series of vertically arranged, parallel,pivoted or swinging leaves or panels are used, it is necessary toprovide some means for spacing said panels apart at their outer or freeedges in order that the goods displayed ,on one panel'will not contactwith or be disarranged by the goods on the adjoining panels. It has beenthe practice to provide rigid spacers or dividers on the panels,arranged to contact with adjoining panels, said dividers extendingoutwardly a sufficient dista'nce'to protect the goods displayedon onepanel from the goods on the adjoining panel. These spacers or dividershave been rigid castings, and it has been necessary to provide saidcastings of various lengths and sizes in order to provide for a variablespacing between the leaves.

In display fixture provided with swinging panels, the panels are mountedin horizontal supporting bars having bearing openings or aperturesspaced equal distances apart. The panels are spaced apart in thesebearing apertures a distance suiiicient. toaccommodate the goods to bedisplayed, said panels being spaced various distances to accommodate thevarious classes and Sizes of goods. It is the main object of thisinvention to provide an adjustable spacer or divider adapted to besecured to the panels near their outer edges and bymeans of which thepanels may be spaced apart at said outer edges the proper distance, tocorrespond with the spacing between the panels at the pivots thereof,the Saidvariation in the spacing of the panels at theirouter edges beingsecured by merely adjusting the spacer device;

Another object of the invention is .to provide a spacer consisting-oftwo identically shaped parts which may be adjusted over each other insuch manner as to secure the desired regular or irregular spacingbetween the adjoining panels or leaves.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front eleva-. tion of a display fixtureconsisting of a series of vertically arranged pivoted leaves or panels;

Fig. 2 a planv View thereof showing the spacer of this invention appliedthereto, and showing variable spacing between the panels Fig. 3 anenlarged plan view of the spacer, the spacing arms being shown in dottedlines in various positions to secure the variable spacing .of theleaves;

Fig. 4 a sectional view of one of the. horizontal arms of a swingingleaf or panel, the spacer being shown in side elevation and one of thecontact rollers being shown in sectional View; r

Fig. 5 a detail sectional view on the line VV of Fig. 3;

Fig. 6 a. transverse sectional view of one of the spacer arms, taken onthe line VIVI of Fig. 3; and V Fig- 7 a detail plan view of one of thespacer arms. 7

Referring to the various parts by. numerals, 1 designates the usualsupporting frame for display fixtures of this type, and 2 designates thepivoted panels. These panels are pivoted at their inner ends and Swingfreely at their, outer edges. These panels are spaced apart on thesupport 1 at various distances in order to accommodate between them thegoods which are to be displayed on the panels. Means must beprovided toprevent the panels contacting with each other, and also to prevent thegoods displayed on one panel from contacting with the goods displayed onadjoining panels. As shown in the drawings, this spacing means consistsof two arms. These arms are constructed exactly alike and consist ofthecentralhub-like portion 5 and the radial arm portion 6, said arm.

portion carrying at its free tend a contact roller 7 These arms'arepreferably stamped from sheet steel and the hub-like portion is formedwith a series of radial semicircular grooves 8 and corresponding ridges9 on the opposite sidefrom the grooves 8.

aperture 10 is formed through the center of the hub portion, as shownclearly in Fig. 7, and is adapted to receive a thumb screw 11.

The panels or leaves are preferablytormed of cylindrical rods or tubes12.

In applying the spacer to the panels, two

of the arms are arranged With the radial groovsg of one arm fitting overand receiving the corresponding radial'ridges 9 of the other arm, as shovn clearlyin Figs. The;

two arms thus arranged are placed onthe hor zontalcylindrical bar lEZotthe panel or leaf/the said bar fitting in the grooves so that thespacer maybe connected to either the top or bottom bar of thepanel, orboth,"

asinay be desired.v The rollers 7 are so located that they are adaptedto contact:

With one of the horizontal bars of the adjoining panels or leaves. ItWill, of course, be, understood that it isonly necessary to use aspacing device on. every other panel, as'clearly shown in Fig. '2 ofthe'draivin'g.

"By'means of the two similarly constructed arms having the radialgrooves and ridges, the'said arms may be adjusted upon themselves aroundthe centralsecuring screvv' l'l, in order to bring the contactrollers'a'greater or less distance away from tlie'supportii g panehasindicated clearly in Fig. 2. It i's manifest too,'that if it be desiredto 'use only one of the arms 6, that arm'niay be adjusted on thehorizontal bar of the-panel to the desired position, the gr'ooves'8 'inthe hub portion thereof permitting the arm to be adjiistedand securelyheld in its proper position with respect tothe panel bar.

It is manifest from the foregoing that the manufacture of spacingdevices as'de'scribed herein is very simple as the spacer arms areeractly alike and may be stamped from anysuitable sheet metal. It isalso manr.

fest that the radial grooves and ridgesji'i'ot only permit the arms*to'be nicely adjusted on each other, but permit the spacing device tobe .securely anchored and locked'tothe bars of the display panel, sothat there will not be 'anyshifting or moving ofthe said arms by reasonof the engagement of the contact rollers vvith'the barsof the adjoiniiigpanels. v This is important as it enables place by means of a singlesetscreiv. From the foregoing it 'Willbe clear that I provide a spacerordivider Which maybe readily adjusted to correspond to the variablespacing of the panels on their supports. It is also clear that myimproved spacer or divider' nay be readilyadjustedto adapt it for use onswinging pa-iielscarryingvarious kinds and various sizes of merchandise.

What I claim is: l "spacer; t'or"swinging leaves of display fixtures,campus-si ma 'iiidep ehdently adjnstable arms, an annular series ofcooperating interlocking devices carried by said arms, and means forclamping saidarms in their l f positions upon one edg f 2. In a displayfixture, thecon bination of. a support, a swinging" by, "a fspacerfhaving two oppositel as end is nd'pb e y. 5 e i istab r d means forholding said spacer i PQ lj one edge the leaf, said means being operableto permit fiiidependiit adjustme lit j Of the.

movement. I

3. The combination of avert callyf'arfen dpi o f afj o ned i h p p and,

rangedfpivotedleafformediv'ithfupper; and l'o verhor zontal bars, and a;spacer ff ompr'ise in'g' two spacer-arm each;beingformdivitlr a hub lport i hav ng radial grooves and r dges, thefgro'oves jot oneflarm receving the ridgesof the other arm, and a clamp ng means connecting thefarmslto' fone of tlie,

may be radiallyadjustedtovarytlieir angles to the leaf.

with fresp ti res comprising a pair offspacer arms, a hub "port onformed fat" one end of eachof sa d arnis, 'corresp'ondingradial groovesand arms and to I lock against relative ridges formed: in said hubportions, the

ridges of'one' hub: being adapted to fit within arms --miy beradiallyfadjustedj on each other.

6; The combination of a vertically ara ranged sw nging leaf hav ng upperand 7. In a display fixture, the combination tending through thesuper-imposed inner of a support, a swinging leaf supported ends of saidarms, whereby the angle of said 10 thereby, and a spacer held to oneedge of arms with respect to each other and to the said leaf comprisingtwo outwardly extendleaf may be varied and the arms held against ingindependently adjustable arms, coopmovement in their adjusted position.erating interlocking devices carried by the In testimony whereof Ihereunto affix my inner ends of said arms, and a clamping signature.screw held to one edge of said leaf and ex- HECTOR V. LOUGH.

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